Don't know if it relates to your case but I had a similar problem until I realized the device was formatted FAT16. Once I added proper support to my kernel config it was smooth sailing.
--- Lord Sauron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi - again. > > You are totally free to get tired of me and > completely ignore me. > Please, just make sure that you all don't do it all > at the same time ; > ) > > Anyways, I've been working to try and mount my USB > Flash disk so that > I can use the stuff I backed up from my old Kubuntu > install. However, > /dev/sda1 isn't in /etc/fstab, though usbfs is in > /etc/mtab. > > > Sort of a side thing... what's the difference > between fstab and mtab? > > Well, I've narrowed it down to at least one thing: I > don't have a > mount point for my poor USB Disk. I looked through > *all* the 1,400 > some-odd lines in the mount command's man page, > however, I got no > clues, not even a related command. I also # ls /bin > to see if there > was anything there... I didn't see anything that > made sense to me. > > I've only ever mounted stuff using the graphical > tool that Kubuntu > supplied, so that's where my ignorance comes from. > > Thanks for your help!' > > -- > ========== GCv3.12 ========== > GCS d-(++) s+: a? C++ UL+>++++ P+ > L++ E--- W+(+++) N++ o? K? w--- O? M+ > V? PS- PE+ Y-(--) PGP- t+++ 5? X R tv-- b+ > DI+++ D+ G e* h- !r !y > ========= END GCv3.12 ======== > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
